Strain Data

Strain number		NIES-242
Phylum		Chlorophyta
Class		Chlorophyceae
Scientific name		Pandorina morum (O.F.Müller) Bory
Synonym		Volvox morum O.F.Müller 1786
Former name
Common name		Green alga
Locality (Date of collection)		Lake Ozenuma, Fukushima, Japan (1983-08-30)
Latitude / Longitude		36.926933 / 139.309921
Habitat (Isolation source)		Freshwater (Lake water)
History		< Suda, Shoichiro
Isolator (Date of isolation)		Suda, Shoichiro (1983-09-01)
Identified by		Suda, Shoichiro
State of strain		Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2017 Dec]
Culture condition (Preculture condition)		Medium: CA Temperature: 20 C Light intensity: 21 µmol photons/m²/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 2 M
Gene information
Cell size (min - max)		16 - 630 μm
Organization		Colonial; Flagellate
Characteristics		Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-243 and 362
Other strain no.		Other strain no. : Oz-Pa-2
Remarks		Cryopreserved
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Related strain information (Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Strain number	Scientific name	Common name	Habitat (Isolation source)	Characteristics
NIES-890	Pandorina morum	Green alga	Freshwater (Reservoir water)	Other water bloom ; Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous
NIES-362	Pandorina morum	Green alga	Freshwater (Lake water)	Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (−) ; Crosses with NIES-242
NIES-243	Pandorina morum	Green alga	Freshwater (Lake water)	Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (−) ; Crosses with NIES-242
NIES-574	Pandorina morum	Green alga	Freshwater (Paddy soil)	Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-575
NIES-886	Pandorina morum	Green alga	Freshwater (Pond water)	Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous

Related strain information (Whose relevance due to simultaneous purchases and other information is inferred by AI)
Strain number	Scientific name	Common name	Habitat (Isolation source)	Characteristics
NIES-572	Pandorina colemaniae	Green alga	Freshwater (Paddy soil)	Phototaxis ; Authentic strain ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-573

Related strain information (Used in same reference)
Strain number	Scientific name	Common name	Habitat (Isolation source)	Characteristics
NIES-450	Closterium praelongum	Desmid	Freshwater (Pond sediment)	Homothallic
NIES-102	Microcystis aeruginosa	Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria	Freshwater (Lake water)	Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Toxicity ; microcystin (+) (Tanabe et al. 2009b) ; Genome decoded strain (Yamaguchi et al. 2020) ; ST10 (Tanabe et al. 2007)
NIES-158	Chloromonas augustae	Green alga	Freshwater (Paddy soil)	Authentic strain
NIES-298	Microcystis aeruginosa	Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria	Freshwater	Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Toxicity ; microcystin (+) (Tanabe et al. 2009b) ; ST60 (Tanabe et al. 2007) ; Draft genome sequence (Rhee et al. 2012)
NIES-418	Astrephomene gubernaculifera	Green alga	Freshwater (Paddy soil)	Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (−) ; Crosses with NIES-419

Reference
Mori, F., Erata, M., Watanabe, M. M. 2002 Cryopreservation of cyanobacteria and green algae in the NIES-Collection. Microbiol. Cult. Coll., 18, 45-55. Keywords: cryopreservation; cyanobacteria; green algae; FDA staining method; NIES-Collection Strain(s): 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 119, 120, 122, 123, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 138, 139, 144, 147, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 191, 192, 193, 194, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 224, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 248, 257, 259, 261, 263, 266, 267, 268, 287, 288, 289, 290, 294, 295, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 305, 306, 308, 309, 310, 312, 313, 329, 334, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 349, 351, 359, 360, 361, 362, 375, 378, 379, 380, 382, 384, 385, 390, 394, 396, 397, 398, 415, 416, 418, 419, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 464, 468, 469, 474, 478, 479, 480, 481, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 509, 510, 512, 514, 515, 522, 523, 524, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 585, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 604, 610, 628, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 672, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729 Hirata, K., Phunchindawan, M., Tukamoto, J., Goda, S., Miyamoto, K. 1996 Cryopreservation of microalgae using encapsulation-dehydration. CryoLetters, 17, 321-328. Keywords: Dunaliella tertiolecta; microalgae; cryopreservation; encapsulation-dehydration Strain(s): 8, 19, 22, 24, 27, 32, 44, 242, 375, 396, 422, 437 Hamana, K., Kobayashi, M., Furuchi, T., Hayashi, H., Niitsu, M. 2018 Polyamine analysis of unicellular, colonial, and multicellular green algae —Detection of aminobutylcadaverine, N¹-aminopentylspermidine, N⁸-aminopentylspermidine, and penta-amines.— Microb. Resour. Syst., 34, 73-82. Keywords: aminobutylcadaverine; aminopentylspermidine; green alga; penta-amine; polyamine; thermospermine Strain(s): 18, 35, 242, 691, 735, 1271, 1278, 2185, 2187, 2235, 2261, 2540, 2572, 3983 DOI: 10.60369/microresys.34.2_73

Reference

Mori, F., Erata, M., Watanabe, M. M. 2002 Cryopreservation of cyanobacteria and green algae in the NIES-Collection. Microbiol. Cult. Coll., 18, 45-55.
Keywords: cryopreservation; cyanobacteria; green algae; FDA staining method; NIES-Collection
Strain(s): 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 119, 120, 122, 123, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 138, 139, 144, 147, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 191, 192, 193, 194, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 224, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 248, 257, 259, 261, 263, 266, 267, 268, 287, 288, 289, 290, 294, 295, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 305, 306, 308, 309, 310, 312, 313, 329, 334, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 349, 351, 359, 360, 361, 362, 375, 378, 379, 380, 382, 384, 385, 390, 394, 396, 397, 398, 415, 416, 418, 419, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 464, 468, 469, 474, 478, 479, 480, 481, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 509, 510, 512, 514, 515, 522, 523, 524, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 585, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 604, 610, 628, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 672, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729

Hirata, K., Phunchindawan, M., Tukamoto, J., Goda, S., Miyamoto, K. 1996 Cryopreservation of microalgae using encapsulation-dehydration. CryoLetters, 17, 321-328.
Keywords: Dunaliella tertiolecta; microalgae; cryopreservation; encapsulation-dehydration
Strain(s): 8, 19, 22, 24, 27, 32, 44, 242, 375, 396, 422, 437

Hamana, K., Kobayashi, M., Furuchi, T., Hayashi, H., Niitsu, M. 2018 Polyamine analysis of unicellular, colonial, and multicellular green algae —Detection of aminobutylcadaverine, N¹-aminopentylspermidine, N⁸-aminopentylspermidine, and penta-amines.— Microb. Resour. Syst., 34, 73-82.
Keywords: aminobutylcadaverine; aminopentylspermidine; green alga; penta-amine; polyamine; thermospermine
Strain(s): 18, 35, 242, 691, 735, 1271, 1278, 2185, 2187, 2235, 2261, 2540, 2572, 3983
DOI: 10.60369/microresys.34.2_73

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